Posts Tagged ‘environment’

ClickStick introduces the Deodorant Save Club. Users can save up to 90% of plastic waste and, inspired by the Dollar Shave Club, save on refills by ordering $2 refills straight to their door, from the ClickStick website or mobile app. It is hard to believe but the yearly weight of deodorant plastic in the United States is equivalent to the weight of 145 jumbo jets (more than 53,000 tons).

ClickStick was created by two rocket scientists from Princeton University, who found a revolutionary way to reduce plastic waste and revolutionize personal care, by introducing the world’s first refillable eco-friendly deodorant applicator.

ClickStick is also equipped with a unique precision dispensing and a push-button that releases the exact amount of deodorant with each push of the button, minimizing skin irritations and limiting aluminum exposure, the active ingredient in antiperspirants. Overexposure to aluminum has been proven to be unhealthy when applied in excessive amounts.

ClickStick comes with an easy-to-use mobile app that sets your preferences and most importantly, orders the eco-friendly refills.

Make sure you watch the hilarious ClickStick video on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1317482922/clickstick-the-worlds-first-smart-deodorant-applic

Tide Cold Water will be the first brand in the world to blend cellulosic ethanol in a scalable and commercial way. Ethanol has long been a key ingredient in the Tide formulation, allowing for stability of the detergent formula and better washing performance.

The substitution of the current corn based ethanol with cellulosic is the latest innovation in the companies’ 30-year partnership, making it easier for consumers to make sustainable choices in their everyday lives.

DuPont will produce this renewable, cellulosic ethanol at the company’s new biorefinery, currently under construction in Nevada, Iowa. Once completed, the plant will be the world’s largest bioethanol refinery, producing 30 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year – a process with zero net carbon emissions.

Procter & Gamble understands that consumers, now more than ever, are focusing on how their personal behaviour and the goods they buy impact the environment. However, as research shows, while about 70% of shoppers want to be sustainable, they can’t or won’t make trade-offs on performance.

Procter & Gamble’s size and scale provides a unique opportunity to impact the global market and help change consumer behaviour. Tide Cold Water “powered by nature” will re-purpose over 7000 tons of agricultural waste a year. This will be equivalent to the power needed to do all the washing in homes across California for over a month. The company is making its products better, so it is easier for everyone to make a small change every day to care for the environment.

“We believe that actions speak louder than words in the area of sustainability and this partnership with DuPont demonstrates we are doing just that” said Gianni Ciserani, Procter & Gamble Group President of Global Fabric and Home Care.

“As one of the world’s largest laundry manufacturers, we have a responsibility to lead renewable sourcing in products. We do this by ensuring consumers still get the great Tide laundry performance they want, while further reducing the impact on the environment. In January, we committed to removing phosphates in our laundry products. This partnership on renewables is one more step in our journey.”

Building on DuPont’s strategic advantages in agriculture, biotechnology and processing technology, the commercial-scalability of cellulosic ethanol represents a technological breakthrough which has been ten years in the making.

“It was a natural decision for us to take this next step forward with Procter & Gamble in an area which is so critical for each of our companies – sustainable technologies for processes and products,” said James Collins, Senior Vice President, DuPont.

“With this collaboration, DuPont is also taking the first step to diversify its markets for cellulosic ethanol beyond fuels. As we build on our integrated science capabilities, we will continue to seek out new opportunities and new collaborations to transform value chains with more sustainable solutions.”

In New York City, farming on a rooftop is not just an idea. Brooklyn Grange farms more than two and a half acres of rooftops in Brooklyn and Queens, and then sells what it produces to New Yorkers. A special soil mixture is used to minimize weight on the roofs and allow rapid drainage during heavy downpours. The farmed rooftops also house chickens and an apiary.